Man's body found in Escondido Creek

HARMONY GROVE —— A Harmony Grove resident discovered the corpse
of a man in Escondido Creek Wednesday morning, prompting the San
Diego Sheriff's Department to dispatch its homicide unit to the
scene on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.

"As of now, the sheriff's homicide unit is only investigating,"
said Lt. Tim Curran. "It is completely unclear at this point if
this is a homicide or not."

Curran said that the body is that of a male wearing a shirt,
pants and one shoe, and that the corpse had trauma to the face,
though it was unclear if that was the cause of death.

The Elfin Forest/Harmony Grove Volunteer Fire Department
responded to the scene shortly after 11 a.m. to extract the body
from the creek, said Mike Holmes, a firefighter and emergency
medical technician with the rescue team that responded to the
call.

Holmes said that no car was found at the scene, but that a woman
had been looking for her missing father in the area. The body had
been in the water for quite awhile, he said.